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These snacks will offer students a variety of healthy snacks or snacks that will give them a bigger boost during their school day.\r\nSuch snacks always bring a big smile to their faces when they receive snacks. \r\nThese snacks will help me make sure my students are always full and ready to do their best work! By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, but you will also ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.\r\n\r\n","proposalURL":"project/fuel-their-focus-one-snack-at-a-time/10137384/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Washington, DC","id":10137384,"title":"“Fuel Their Focus, One Snack at a Time.”"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"Voyages Preparatory - South Queens","costToComplete":470.58,"teacherId":5261707,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Griesch","numDonors":0,"numStudents":150,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students snacks to eat to keep their focus and maintain energy.","totalPrice":470.58,"povertyLevel":"More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households","essay":"My students are all from low-to-no income families and households. They come to school without eating in the morning and do not bring anything for lunch. 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Access to food and water is also important because it helps them settle down and pay attention to themselves instead of the student drama going on around them.\r\n","proposalURL":"project/hungry-stomachs-hungry-minds/10140505/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Jamaica, NY","id":10140505,"title":"Hungry Stomachs, Hungry Minds"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9001577_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1743433185516","schoolName":"Maxson Middle School","costToComplete":285.81,"teacherId":9001577,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mr. Boger","numDonors":2,"numStudents":200,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students the need to have food for the thought of Education!","totalPrice":311.81,"povertyLevel":"More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households","essay":"The Food for Thought project helps sixth-grade students learn about healthy eating and the importance of food in our lives. In this project, students research different types of foods and learn how they affect our bodies and health. They may explore topics such as balanced diets, food groups, food waste, or foods from different cultures. Students present their ideas through posters, reports, or presentations. 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Food will increase focus and performance and by providing a snack, this can be achieved.\r\n\r\nThe rapidly growing teen body functions best when several factors are met and one of the biggest factors is food.\r\n\r\nMy students do not always have the means to bring snacks from home so they go for long stretches of time without food or fuel for their brains and body. By providing a snack midday, they are nourished both physically and emotionally. ","proposalURL":"project/fuel-the-teen-brain/10174450/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Bath, ME","id":10174450,"title":"Fuel the Teen Brain"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"New Dorp High School","costToComplete":820.75,"teacherId":6012965,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Sims-Colangelo","numDonors":3,"numStudents":350,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students a food pantry restock. 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I am looking to stock up on a variety of snacks/food items for students to help give them a little fuel when they need it. \r\n\r\nMany of our students are experiencing food insecurity, and sometimes their one hot meal that day is at school. Engaging in class, mood, and motivation all suffer when a student is on an empty stomach. These snacks can help my students feel physically better as well as prepare them for a more successful school day.\r\n\r\n","proposalURL":"project/hungry-students/10205904/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Danbury, CT","id":10205904,"title":"Hungry Students"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp747393_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721395944530","schoolName":"Chimney Lakes Elementary School","costToComplete":499.92,"teacherId":747393,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Pope","numDonors":0,"numStudents":25,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students goldfish, fruit snacks, Slim Jims, graham crackers, and other snacks to add our school food pantry to help fight hunger.","totalPrice":499.92,"povertyLevel":"More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households","essay":"I teach kindergarten students at a Title I school in Florida, where one hundred percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. My students are amazing and are learning to care for others.\r\n\r\nWe have been talking about ways that students can make a change within our community. My students have noticed that some of their peers are experiencing food insecurity. They want to help others by stocking our food pantry and filling it with snacks so that students from across the school can get the food they need when they are hungry. This will keep students' minds focused on learning, and not on our growling bellies!\r\n\r\nMy project is to request shelf stable food for a school food pantry.\r\n\r\nStudents have been learning about what food would be good to keep in a pantry that does not go bad quickly. My students will be in charge of the packages, sorting the food, organizing the pantry and advertising that the food will be available to all students in the school community who would like a meal due to the hunger that they are experiencing.\r\n\r\nWe are requesting Slim Jims, Goldfish Crackers, fruit snacks, graham crackers, chips, and other snacks to fill our food pantry to ensure that our students' tummies are not empty. They will be able to focus on learning and working together.\r\n\r\nHunger distracts students from learning. It would benefit a larger community if my students were able to bring this food pantry community service project to life!\r\n\r\n","proposalURL":"project/just-say-no-to-hunger/10207866/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Jacksonville, FL","id":10207866,"title":"Just Say NO to Hunger"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2933359_orig.jpg?crop=3513,3513,x0,y81&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1769460372790","schoolName":"R.I.S.E. - Chicago Heights","costToComplete":538.95,"teacherId":2933359,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Griese","numDonors":2,"numStudents":32,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students the boost needed to achieve their goals. I work at a regional safe school, and part of feeling safe is to have enough food to eat.","totalPrice":663.95,"povertyLevel":"Half of students from low‑income households","essay":"Food for thought! We are a small school that does not have a lunch program. I try and supply food for any student in need because they might not have any food for lunch. I do not want any student to go hungry all day. This also helps them to feed their brains because hunger causes loss of focus and energy.\r\n I feel that without the food necessary, some of these students will not eat at all that day. I try to purchase what I can on my own, but anything that can be donated would be appreciated.","proposalURL":"project/food-for-thought/10218614/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Chicago Heights, IL","id":10218614,"title":"Food for Thought"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8154971_orig.png?crop=1075,1075,x422,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722726662453","schoolName":"Richmond High School","costToComplete":553.33,"teacherId":8154971,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mr. Derek Worch","numDonors":2,"numStudents":150,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students snacks to get through the day and recharge!","totalPrice":555.33,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"Teaching today is much more than preparing material, activities, and grading. Educators today also have to be prepared to support students with basic needs, such as food and clothing. In my own class, students often ask me, \"Do you have anything to eat?\" \r\nMany simply do not have the resources at home and are in need of a snack to get through the day. Food insecurity is real. And when students are hungry, they don't focus as well and have a hard time focusing, which in turn impacts their learning.\r\n\r\nBy donating to this project, you will help provide snacks to my students!\r\nWith this project, students will be provided with some food to prepare them for a class full of learning! Your gift and support will make a difference!","proposalURL":"project/snacks-i-got-you/10227577/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Richmond, IN","id":10227577,"title":"Snacks?! I Got You!"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5957045_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1538874153881","schoolName":"Franklin Elementary School","costToComplete":316.78,"teacherId":5957045,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Walther","numDonors":3,"numStudents":100,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students healthy snacks during state testing for brain fuel.","totalPrice":376.78,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"This project is to provide snacks and headphones for my students who will be state testing in about a week. Many students are hungry before testing and rely on the school for food. A lot of students don't like the school's snacks and it isn't much food. We usually spend a lot of our own money buying snacks for state testing time. This project would provide my class with a variety of snacks known to be liked by most children. Please help support this project and our students by providing them with fuel for testing.\r\n\r\nI believe in them! I am changing the world one scholar at a time.","proposalURL":"project/snacks-for-students-during-state-testing/10240701/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Tacoma, WA","id":10240701,"title":"Snacks for Students During State Testing!"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp189544_orig.jpg?crop=1619,1619,x0,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1774231248739","schoolName":"The Brooklyn School for Social Justice","costToComplete":429.20,"teacherId":189544,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Ms. Caufield","numDonors":0,"numStudents":100,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students healthy snacks to improve focus as we finish the school year.","totalPrice":429.20,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My students depend on the food at school as their primary source of food. They come to me throughout the day to ask for food to help them to stay focused and complete all of their work. \r\nMy goal is to buy healthy snacks that will give students the energy they need while also helping them to eat well and avoid junk food that is more cheaply available at local shops. \r\nPlease help my students to maintain focus as we engage in our year end projects and also so much standardized testing to measure student progress in the English Language and Global and US History. ","proposalURL":"project/snacks-for-smarts/10277223/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Brooklyn, NY","id":10277223,"title":"Snacks for Smarts"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4505653_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1498050133646","schoolName":"Bard High School Early College - Bronx","costToComplete":183.29,"teacherId":4505653,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Dr. Harte","numDonors":0,"numStudents":350,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students a variety of filling, nutritious, healthy, enjoyable snacks.","totalPrice":183.29,"povertyLevel":"More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households","essay":"It is essential that students have access to food throughout the school day. My snacks will provide hungry students with food during school. Students who are well fed are better students. Hunger can make students unfocused, irritable and lethargic. The snacks will ensure that students who seek access to food can receive needed nourishment. Often students arrive at school having missed an essential meal. As high school students are growing physically and mentally, it is crucial to student development and their own well being and mental health to be well fed.","proposalURL":"project/snacks-for-hungry-students/10313728/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"New York City, NY","id":10313728,"title":"Snacks for Hungry Students"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"Tavares High School","costToComplete":631.02,"teacherId":10508200,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Moake","numDonors":2,"numStudents":150,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students a food pantry where they can have something to eat when they are hungry throughout the learning day.","totalPrice":681.02,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"Students find it hard to concentrate when they are hungry. We live in a community where most students are food-insecure. Many students come to school just to have breakfast and lunch. They return home hungry, uncertain if there will be dinner or food over the weekend. As their teacher, I see the potential and aspirations of my students. I also see when they are unable to perform well academically because they are hungry.\r\n\r\nIn previous years, I supported a food pantry in my classroom where students could come and select food and snacks to keep them going throughout the day.\r\nI would be able to pack grocery bags with items to send home to those who needed a little extra over the weekends, especially the long weekends. I had a small refrigerator in the classroom to keep added protein cold and a small microwave to heat up Ramen soup cups. With the cost of food and inflation consistently rising over the years, I could no longer financially support my classroom food pantry out of my own pocket.\r\n\r\nMy goal is to reopen the classroom food pantry, \"La Bodega\", for students to access throughout the learning day. Students would have access to food to carry them over to lunch or the end of the day. This would allow students to focus on their academic progress. \"La Bodega\" will also serve as learning project of how to run and operate a small business. Students will help order items, learn how to stock the merchandise, apply a cost analysis (even though items are donated and would be free of charge to the students), learn how to keep the pantry clean and organized, package weekend bags for those in need, and learn how this food pantry directly impacts the local community. Thank you.","proposalURL":"project/la-bodega-classroom-food-pantry/10317227/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Tavares, FL","id":10317227,"title":"La Bodega Classroom Food Pantry"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"Cankton Elementary School","costToComplete":1119.71,"teacherId":9112840,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Ms. Luckianow","numDonors":1,"numStudents":450,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students peace of mind when the weekend aprroaches. No child should worry where their next meal comes from. Let's bag up some Chef-Boyardee to add to their back packs on Friday.","totalPrice":1287.35,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"As the cost of living grows higher and higher, our young children are feeling the effects. We seeing a rapid increase of hunger and homelessness within our student population. Food insecurity has become the elephant in the room. \r\n\r\nWhile our student population is lucky to receive free breakfast and lunch during the week, weekends bring uncertainty. This food will help establish a food pantry that will support a back pack program. Brown bags will be stuffed with quick, easy microwavable meals to sustain our students through the weekend. \r\n\r\nChildren simply cannot learn when they are hungry. Help us nourish our kids' minds and bodies.\r\n","proposalURL":"project/cankton-cares-back-pack-project/10317772/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Cankton, LA","id":10317772,"title":"Cankton Cares Back Pack Project"}]
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These snacks will offer students a variety of healthy snacks or snacks that will give them a bigger boost during their school day.\r\nSuch snacks always bring a big smile to their faces when they receive snacks. \r\nThese snacks will help me make sure my students are always full and ready to do their best work! 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Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. My students are amazing and are learning to care for others.\r\n\r\nWe have been talking about ways that students can make a change within our community. My students have noticed that some of their peers are experiencing food insecurity. They want to help others by stocking our food pantry and filling it with snacks so that students from across the school can get the food they need when they are hungry. This will keep students' minds focused on learning, and not on our growling bellies!\r\n\r\nMy project is to request shelf stable food for a school food pantry.\r\n\r\nStudents have been learning about what food would be good to keep in a pantry that does not go bad quickly. 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It would benefit a larger community if my students were able to bring this food pantry community service project to life!\r\n\r\n","proposalURL":"project/just-say-no-to-hunger/10207866/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Jacksonville, FL","id":10207866,"title":"Just Say NO to Hunger"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2933359_orig.jpg?crop=3513,3513,x0,y81&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1769460372790","schoolName":"R.I.S.E. - Chicago Heights","costToComplete":538.95,"teacherId":2933359,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Griese","numDonors":2,"numStudents":32,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students the boost needed to achieve their goals. I work at a regional safe school, and part of feeling safe is to have enough food to eat.","totalPrice":663.95,"povertyLevel":"Half of students from low‑income households","essay":"Food for thought! We are a small school that does not have a lunch program. I try and supply food for any student in need because they might not have any food for lunch. I do not want any student to go hungry all day. This also helps them to feed their brains because hunger causes loss of focus and energy.\r\n I feel that without the food necessary, some of these students will not eat at all that day. 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Educators today also have to be prepared to support students with basic needs, such as food and clothing. In my own class, students often ask me, \"Do you have anything to eat?\" \r\nMany simply do not have the resources at home and are in need of a snack to get through the day. Food insecurity is real. And when students are hungry, they don't focus as well and have a hard time focusing, which in turn impacts their learning.\r\n\r\nBy donating to this project, you will help provide snacks to my students!\r\nWith this project, students will be provided with some food to prepare them for a class full of learning! Your gift and support will make a difference!","proposalURL":"project/snacks-i-got-you/10227577/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Richmond, IN","id":10227577,"title":"Snacks?! I Got You!"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5957045_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1538874153881","schoolName":"Franklin Elementary School","costToComplete":316.78,"teacherId":5957045,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Walther","numDonors":3,"numStudents":100,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students healthy snacks during state testing for brain fuel.","totalPrice":376.78,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"This project is to provide snacks and headphones for my students who will be state testing in about a week. Many students are hungry before testing and rely on the school for food. A lot of students don't like the school's snacks and it isn't much food. We usually spend a lot of our own money buying snacks for state testing time. This project would provide my class with a variety of snacks known to be liked by most children. Please help support this project and our students by providing them with fuel for testing.\r\n\r\nI believe in them! I am changing the world one scholar at a time.","proposalURL":"project/snacks-for-students-during-state-testing/10240701/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Tacoma, WA","id":10240701,"title":"Snacks for Students During State Testing!"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp189544_orig.jpg?crop=1619,1619,x0,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1774231248739","schoolName":"The Brooklyn School for Social Justice","costToComplete":429.20,"teacherId":189544,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Ms. Caufield","numDonors":0,"numStudents":100,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students healthy snacks to improve focus as we finish the school year.","totalPrice":429.20,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My students depend on the food at school as their primary source of food. They come to me throughout the day to ask for food to help them to stay focused and complete all of their work. \r\nMy goal is to buy healthy snacks that will give students the energy they need while also helping them to eat well and avoid junk food that is more cheaply available at local shops. \r\nPlease help my students to maintain focus as we engage in our year end projects and also so much standardized testing to measure student progress in the English Language and Global and US History. 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Hunger can make students unfocused, irritable and lethargic. The snacks will ensure that students who seek access to food can receive needed nourishment. Often students arrive at school having missed an essential meal. 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They return home hungry, uncertain if there will be dinner or food over the weekend. As their teacher, I see the potential and aspirations of my students. I also see when they are unable to perform well academically because they are hungry.\r\n\r\nIn previous years, I supported a food pantry in my classroom where students could come and select food and snacks to keep them going throughout the day.\r\nI would be able to pack grocery bags with items to send home to those who needed a little extra over the weekends, especially the long weekends. I had a small refrigerator in the classroom to keep added protein cold and a small microwave to heat up Ramen soup cups. With the cost of food and inflation consistently rising over the years, I could no longer financially support my classroom food pantry out of my own pocket.\r\n\r\nMy goal is to reopen the classroom food pantry, \"La Bodega\", for students to access throughout the learning day. Students would have access to food to carry them over to lunch or the end of the day. This would allow students to focus on their academic progress. \"La Bodega\" will also serve as learning project of how to run and operate a small business. Students will help order items, learn how to stock the merchandise, apply a cost analysis (even though items are donated and would be free of charge to the students), learn how to keep the pantry clean and organized, package weekend bags for those in need, and learn how this food pantry directly impacts the local community. Thank you.","proposalURL":"project/la-bodega-classroom-food-pantry/10317227/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Tavares, FL","id":10317227,"title":"La Bodega Classroom Food Pantry"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"Cankton Elementary School","costToComplete":1119.71,"teacherId":9112840,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Ms. Luckianow","numDonors":1,"numStudents":450,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students peace of mind when the weekend aprroaches. No child should worry where their next meal comes from. Let's bag up some Chef-Boyardee to add to their back packs on Friday.","totalPrice":1287.35,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"As the cost of living grows higher and higher, our young children are feeling the effects. We seeing a rapid increase of hunger and homelessness within our student population. Food insecurity has become the elephant in the room. \r\n\r\nWhile our student population is lucky to receive free breakfast and lunch during the week, weekends bring uncertainty. This food will help establish a food pantry that will support a back pack program. Brown bags will be stuffed with quick, easy microwavable meals to sustain our students through the weekend. \r\n\r\nChildren simply cannot learn when they are hungry. Help us nourish our kids' minds and bodies.\r\n","proposalURL":"project/cankton-cares-back-pack-project/10317772/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":null,"location":"Cankton, LA","id":10317772,"title":"Cankton Cares Back Pack Project"}]